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- Russell, James R. (Clarinetist)1
- Russo, Charles5
- Rzewski, Frederic2
- Sabaroff, Ronald1
- Sabinsky, Raymond, 1913-19941
- Sachs, Evelyn1
- Sachson, David1
- Sagul, Edith A., 1917-20181
- Salzman, Eric1
- Salzman, Theo1
- Sambuco, Gino2
- Sambuco, Olga1
- Sandburg, Carl, 1878-19671
- Sanders, Samuel1
- Sankey, Stuart1
- Saperstein, David, 1948-1
- Sappho1
- Sargon, Merja1
- Sawyer, Elizabeth, 1931-20102
- Saylor, Bruce1
- Schapiro, Maxim1
- Schelter, Peggy1
- Schiller, Allan (Violinist)2
- Schmitt, Homer, 1911-19801
- Schreiber, David (Violist)1
- Schubel, Max, 1932-20101
- Schuller, Gunther2
- Schulman, Louise1
- Schulte, Rolf, 1949-1
- Schuman, Davis1
- Schuman, Henry (Oboist)2
- Schur, Maxim, 1907-19748
- Schwartz, Charles, 1922-19982
- Schwartz, Elliott, 1936-20161
- Schwarz, Gerard, 1947-4
- Schweitzer, Ray1
- Scott, Eric (Composer)1
- Scripp, Larry1
- Seeber, Leonard1
- Seferian, Edward, 1931-20031
- Segerman, Ephraim1
- Seletsky, Harold1
- Selleck, John Hugh2
- Semegen, Daria1
- Sena, Joan1
- Serebrier, José, 1938-1
- Serly, Tibor1
- Serr, Harriet2
- Shadley, Richard1
- Shainman, Irwin, 1921-20121
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-16163
- Shanet, Howard1
- Shansky, Marjorie1
- Shapey, Ralph, 1921-20021
- Shapinsky, Aaron1
- Shapiro, Don2
- Shapiro, Wallace1
- Shechtman, Robert1
- Sheinkman, Mordechai1